Installation of functional components of magnetic levitation track - has shims between horizontal guide rails and brackets with dimensions chosen according to local radius of curvature

摘要

The guide rails (3) for horizontal guidance rollers on the magnetically levitated vehicles are screwed (4) to brackets (1) fixed to the underside of the track support boom (5). A shim (2) is inserted between each rail (3) and its bracket (1). The individual brackets are dimensioned in accordance with the radius of curvature of the track, and the thickness of the shims is chosen so that the nominal distance of each rail from the track centre is maintained. ADVANTAGE - Close-tolerance functional components are fixed to wider-tolerance supports without recourse to complex computer-controlled machinery.